The Damien-English Dictionary
The complete vocabulary
- Mama – Mommy (also used to identify an iPhone)
- Dada – Daddy/Donald
- Dadeye – Strawberry
- Nana – Banana
- Appo – Apple
- Ba-ba – Bottle
- Deedy – Mickey/Teddy
- Neeny/Ninny – Minnie
- Bubo – Pluto
- Doody – Goofy
- Daisy – Daisy Duck
- Pete – Pete the Cat
- Ohtoo – Toodles (Oh Toodles!)
- Adda/Addeye – Anthony
- Beeby – Baby (used interchangeably with Anthony for any baby/doll-like object)
- C-A-T Cat – Cat
- Mow/Mowf – Mouse
- Esseh – Elephant
- Giwah – Giraffe
- Bee – Bear
- Meow, Woof, Moo, Baa-a-a, Neigh, Oink, Qua (quack), Do-do-dooo (Cocka-doodle-doo), Twee (tweet, squeak), Roar, Gwah (growl), Ribbit, Hoot, Oo-ah-ah (howler monkey) – Various animal noises
- Ohwy – (Oh Really?) Snowy Owl sound
- Yahwy – (Ya Really!) Horned Owl sound
- Dadum, dadum, dadum, dadum – Shark noises
- Voom voom – Car sound effect
- Choo choo – Train sound effect
- Dwuh – Truck (no F-bombs from our little one)
- Uh-oh, Oh no! – Various exclamations (usually said with hands on side of head or on cheeks)
- Night-night! – Goodnight
- Hi – Hello
- Bye – Goodbye
- Aww – What he says when leaning in for a hug
- Yay! (clapping) – Used after a song
- Wuh, Two, Twee, Fo, Fi, Si, Sehseh, Ay, Ni, Ten, Lehveh, Twev, Tootee, Fotee, Fitee, Sitee, Sehtee, Aytee, Nitee, Twehtee! – Numbers
- Weh, Ownh (nasally grunt at the end), Yewo, Gwee, Boo, Popo, Bwa, Why – Colors
- Whasa? – What's that?
- Hussssssssss – The old woman whispering "hush"
- Up, UP, UP! – Where the Snort takes the Baby Bird
- Boo (short oo) – Book
- Boo! (long oo) – Boo!
- Deedoo! – Peekaboo!
- Yoda, Ahtoo – Star Wars characters
- Bah – Ball
- Bwah – Block
- Soosoo – Circle
- Suhsuhsuh – Cylinder
- Cue – Cube
- Twiah – Triangle
- Eye, No, Mouf, Ee (ear), Heh (head/hair), Chee (cheek), Teef, Knee, Foo, Toe – Body parts
- Fafa, suh, *kiss* – The Sign of the Cross, kissing the Rosary at the end
Further bulletins as events warrant.




Ehbow - elbow
ReplyDeleteNose - Nose
Hah - Hand
Working on Tummy and Bellybutton. He can point them out, but he's not yet sure about saying the words.